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French fighter jets trailed red-white-and-blue smoke over Paris monuments, families held picnics and firefighters hosted holiday balls around France to celebrate Bastille Day on Friday, a moment of much-needed festivity after mass protests, riots and political divisions that have riven the country this year.

Recent riots have cast a shadow over France's Bastille Day national holiday, with an "exceptionnal" large-scale security operation planned for 13 and 14 July. In total, some 130,000 law enforcement officers will be mobilised over the weekend.

France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the presence of the president, a bevy of politicians and often a foreign head of state as an honoured guest. The July 14 date of the fête commemorates two important events…

July 14 is Bastille Day, the day in 1789 when the Bastille prison in Paris was stormed, and the French Revolution began. With this in mind, I thought about making a French-inspired supper and decided to make a tartine. The word "tartine" means slice of bread with spreadable ingredients in…

Summer holiday in peril? Our French edit will bring the va va voom to your table this Bastille Day and beyond. Bon appétit!

The holiday marks the fall of the state prison, the Bastille, where political prisoners were often held and which symbolised the harsh rule of the Bourbon monarchy

Paris's traditional Bastille Day military parade on Thursday is a salute to Ukraine, and to France's eastern European allies who are among guests of honor, officials said. French troops deployed close to Ukraine since the Russian assault in February have a special place at the event, attended by President Emmanuel…

If you are craving all things French, what better time to grab a new croissant product than in time for Bastille Day which is set to be celebrated tomorrow on July 14.

The annual French celebration falls on the same date each year

American soprano Renée Fleming is to make rare operatic appearances as Pat Nixon in a new production of John Adams’ “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera next season